Manifold-copy book.



Patented Sept. 2, |9021.

No. 708,3I0.

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MANIFOLD COPY BOOK. (Application med Mar. :ze` 1902.)

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No. 703,3lo. Patented sept. 2, |902.

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. W G E m s Se Nrrnn rares 'artnr @lirica JAMES C. BRO\VNING, OF SALTPOINT, NEIV YORK.

MANIFOLD-'COPY BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 708,310, dated September 2, 1902.

Application led March 28, 1902.

To all M /hom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, JAMES C. BROWNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saltpoint, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVIanifold-Copying Books, of whichl the following is aV full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved manifold-copying book for use by clerks, salesmen, and others desiring to make two or more copies of an entry, sale, or other transaction; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in' amanifoldcopying book constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part,in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which-- Figure lis a plan View of my improved manifold-copying book with one side of the back and fly-leaf at the opposite side turned backwardly as when the copying-,book is in use; Fig. 2, a side view thereof; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. l, showingamodification; Fig. 5, a side view thereof; Fig. 6, a vpartial plan Y View; and Fig. 7, a view similar toFig. 6,

showing a detail of the construction.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, I have shown a backlor cover of the usual form and comprising two parts a and a2, connected centrally by a flexible portion a3. I have also shown a pad which is designated by the reference character b and which is composed of aplurality of leaves connected at one end, as shown at b2, and said pad is provided -with a .fly h3, adapted to enter a pocket b4 of the part a of the cover and by which the pad is held in place, and the said pad :is provided opposite the fly b3 with a hy leaf b5, all these parts being ofthe usual construction and forming no part of this invention.

In the practice of my invention I secure transversely of the free end of the part a of Serial No. 100,498. (No model.)

theV back or cover a carbon-sheet and a plateholder c, which is plaited or folded in bellows form, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and which is provided with a transverse strip or flange c2, which constitutes an attachment for a carbon-sheet d and a writing plate or 'sheet e, the latter being composed of stiff paper, cardboard, Celluloid, or any other suitable material. In practice the writing sheet or plate e and the carbon-sheet cl, which is placed thereon, are connected with a strip or flange c2 by hooks f, which are connected underneath said strip or iiange by a spiral spring g, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, andin the operation of using the pad or making one or more copies of the entry, sale, or other record one ofthe sheets of the pad b is placed on the sheet or plate e, the carbon-sheet cl is placed tl1ereover,and another leaf or sheet of the pad is placed over said carbon-sheet. It will be understood that va number of copies of any entry or record may thus be made, all that is necessary being to increase the number of carbon-sheets d or to use two or more of said carbon-sheets.

By making the carbon sheet and plateholder as shown at c I adapt theholder to pads of different thicknesses, it being understood that said holder may be adjusted so as to adapt itself to very thin or very thick pads, and the Writing plate or sheet e and the carbon sheet or sheets d may in the form of construction shown be detached whenever desired by detachin g the hooks f, and new carbon-sheets may thus be substituted whenever necessary. The writing plate or sheet e may, however,1be permanently connected with the iange `or strip c2 of the holder or maybe formed integrally therewith, if desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrilicing itsadvantages, and in Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive, I have shown a construction which admits of this operation. In this form of construction the transversestripfc2 of the carbon-sheet and plate-holder c is provided with a transverse slot or opening 71., and the writing-plate e is securedto said transverse strip or may form a continuation thereof, and a supplemental transverse strip h2 of comparatively stift material is provided to which the carbon-sheet d is secured in any desired manner, and the strip h2 is slotted at its opposite IOO D @sa ends, as shown at h3, so as to form projecting tongues h4, which are folded over along the dotted lines h5, and the body portion 716 of said strip, including the tongues h4 When so folded, is passed through the slot h, and said tongues h4 are extended outwardly and the edge portion h6 bent flat with and against the bottom of the transverse strip c2, and this securely holds the carbon-sheet in place, and it will be apparent that a plurality of carbon-sheets may be connected with the strip h2, if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Amanifold-copying book provided With a pad one side of the back being provided transversely at the free ends of the leaves of the pad with a plaited or folded carbon-holder provided at its free edge with a flange or strip and springconnected hooks engaging the ends of said ange or strip and adapted to hold a carbon-sheet, substantially as shown and described.

2. A manifold-copying book comprising a pad and the usual back or cover, one side of the back or cover being provided at the end thereof adjacent to the free ends ofthe leaves of the pad with a transversely-plaited holder which is connected therewith at one edge, and the other or free edge of which is provided with a transverse member,and means for connecting a Writing sheet or plate and a carbonsheet with said member, substantially .as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my naine, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 20th day of March, 1902.

JAMES C. BROIVNING.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. SHELDON, ALEX DE LA VERGNE. 

